US Ambassador Alaina B Teplitz called on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba at the latter’s office and congratulated him.

She also conveyed her best wishes to PM Deuba for a successful tenure, according to the prime minister’s aide Bhanu Deuba. 

Teplitz expressed her confidence that relations between Nepal and the US would grow in the days ahead. 

Similarly, Yu Hong, Chinese ambassador to Nepal, and Binaya Kumar, charge d’affaires at the Embassy of India in Kathmandu, also held separate meetings with PM Deuba and congratulated him.

Deuba was elected 40th prime minister on Tuesday. 

Ready to work with new govt: China

Beijing is ready to work with the new government in Nepal, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has said. During a regular press briefing in Beijing on Wednesday,

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying said, “China congratulates Sher Bahadur Deuba on his election as Nepali PM, and Premier Li Keqiang has sent a congratulatory message to him.

As a friendly neighbour, China sincerely hopes that Nepal will make new achievements in national unity, social stability.”